Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Asia
Asia: Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) was 1,402 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Asia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Asia is 1,402, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Asia peaked at 1,788 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 517, in 2000.
That places Asia 2nd out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 517 | — |
| 2001 | 537 | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 554 | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 591 | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 608 | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 600 | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1,561 | +160.2% |
| 2007 | 1,590 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,571 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 1,563 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,532 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,520 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,538 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,454 | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1,464 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1,512 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 1,692 | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 1,681 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,730 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,728 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,788 | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 1,304 | -27.1% |
| 2022 | 1,341 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,375 | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 1,352 | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 1,402 | +3.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number) in Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +160.2% | 600 | 1,561 |
| 2021 | -27.1% | 1,788 | 1,304 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 969.2 | 517 | 1,590 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,585 | 1,454 | 1,730 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,427 | 1,304 | 1,788 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China 216 compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 171 compare
- 2 United Kingdom 171 compare
- 4 Indonesia 153 compare
- 5 India 141 compare
More development goals data for Asia
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 271.71 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 1,874 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 388 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 378 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 246 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 2,547 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 2,647 (2025)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 3.77 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely stunted 76,803 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely overweight 16,346 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Asia?
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status in Asia was 1,402 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,788 in 2020.
- What is the lowest number of local breeds with unknown risk status recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 517 in 2000.
- How does Asia rank for number of local breeds with unknown risk status?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of local breeds with unknown risk status rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of local breeds with unknown risk status (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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